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It all began with a phone call, late one starry night, between two friends. They agreed to a mutual exchange of letters: not electronic mail, mind you, but real letters, written with ink, sealed in colourful envelopes and mailed at the post office-with stamps. Now their imaginative correspondence, interwoven with snippets of poetry and uplifting quotes, has been compiled as an anthology: A Rainbow of Words. By opening its pages, dear Reader, y...

Mother can be viewed as a gem of priceless treasure. A treasure priceless, as one cannot purchase even in today's society, a "ready-made" person with all the facets Mother has. One must evolve from the shaping a long life gives, just as a gem is shaped and evolved into its own configuration that will allow its facets to best demonstrate the gem. One can never be sure if one has viewed all the facets Mother has to demonstrate. But one can be su...

Coincidenza is the story of Timothy and Alicia's heartfelt journey-transported and transformed through bits and bytes-as they travel from virtuality to reality. Can these two headstrong entrepreneurs-each from different worlds, each yearning to open new chapters in their lives, and each brimming with desire-find the answers they seek in each other? Or, will distance, coincidence and the events impacting their individual lives, shape their dest...

Payne Williams, federal agent, comes to New York City from Philadelphia and reconnects with his college girlfriend Chelsea Williams. Chelsea is now a successful teacher and writer who is still very much in love with Payne. When they reconnect, Payne makes the effort to win back Chelsea's trust. Their relationship in college ended badly when he transferred schools and cheated on Chelsea. She in turn is hiding from him that their break up led to...

One bite from a forbidden fruit transforms Adam (from the Garden of Eden) into the Grim Reaper. Stripped of his humanity and consciousness, he is eternally burdened with the task of collecting and delivering all the souls from earth to their afterlife. Unbeknownst to the Grim Reaper, there are higher powers in conflict for where the human souls are to forever exist. God had been absent from heaven, creating new worlds and a new species which h...

Johnny Dixon's new book, The Bridge is a delightful story of a young boy's adventure set in 1950's Camden, New Jersey. Little does he realize, that this innocent childhood outing shared with friends, will leave an everlasting impression on his life. Dixon's wanderings take him through the streets of an ethnically diverse Camden, where the sights and sounds of a bygone era can still be seen and heard through his keenly observant and descriptive...

A full decade before the horrific attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001, the small Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago came under its own terrorist assault from a small fundamentalist Muslim group known as the Jamaat al Muslimeen. For six days in 1990, the country, a former British colony that had achieved its independence in 1962, was virtually held for ransom as the terrorists launched an armed invasion of the sitting P...

This book derived mainly from historical research, reading and rational analysis of the books of the Old Testament, the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, and the epistles, without clerical or religious lenses. A possible connection with the apocryphal gospels or antique manuscripts will be mere coincidence. The fictional part of the book is on account of the artistic license. The reader will reduce or enlarge the fictional field accord...

This autobiographical report of life in the first half of the last century, details the rigors of an economic recession, infant mortality due to unpasteurized milk, the 1916 influenza epidemic, women's suffrage, the first world war, the roaring 20's and the bank closings of 1929 as an immigrant struggles to become Americanized while not completely losing her identity.

Jennifer Huffaker knows that grief is normal, but she thought she'd get over it-that's what people do. But it's been eighteen months since her husband Jack died, and she still can't focus on her young daughter Kaitlin, can't accept support from her family, and can't allow herself to live without the love of her life. Jennifer is angry at everything and everyone-including herself for being so unprepared. But what did she expect? Angels? On the ...

Dear Kids: Hi, I'm Jake. Yes, I'm a dog, but I'm definitely not ordinary! I'd like to be your friend and help you whenever you need me. I can give you advice about anything that's bothering you, because I have a special gift: I can talk to children. My special job is to teach kids about all sorts of things and help them stay safe until they're grown. When you read my book, you'll see how I've already helped some of my friends understand things...

Fasten your seat belt as you take a journey with author Gayle Carson Lagman-Creswick, mother of four biological sons, two adopted daughters, and a grandson, as she meets head-on with the challenges put forth by daughter Mary, who unbeknownst to them, was born of a drug-addicted, biological mother. Gayle, a successful executive in the healthcare and retirement industry, becomes a single mom and is faced with the awesome task of dealing with nor...

Whether you're an administrative professional transitioning to more responsibility, a new manager, or simply want to "tune up" your interpersonal skills, When Work Becomes You is a guide to greater success professionally and personally. Lisa C. Olsen and JanMarie C. Malik share invaluable lessons plucked from their own experiences of more than twenty years as business professionals and administrators. This innovative guide introduces S.I.X., a...

The book chronicles the account of the last Icelandic longboat to reach North America and the creation of the Iroquois Nation. After his closest friend is tortured to death by the Huron, Gunnar Hoskoldsson, sole survivor of the longboat joins a doomed war party led by Ahgawah, a brilliant young Seneca leader attempting to avoid the annihilation of his people. Helped by Gunnar's knowledge of Viking warfare they attack the Huron heartland wastin...

Water. It's always there, always available, and Americans always take it for granted. But a terrorist group is about to change all that. Endour, a Middle-Eastern-financed corporate giant with deep pockets and an insatiable thirst, has acquired the legal means to carry out a vicious hidden agenda with the help of a corrupt U.S. senator. When Endour assumes control of much of the nation's potable water distribution systems, rates suddenly spike,...

When the four Haskell grandchildren from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, visit their grandparents' country farm for the summer, they're convinced that spending time in rural Aberdeen is going to be totally boring. But for Audrey, a responsible twelve-year-old, defiant eleven-year-old twins Denny and Jenny, and Ty, an enthusiastic seven-year-old, their days of adventure are just beginning. To fill their time, the children start a club-the secret Pea...

When first published in 1957, "Move Over, Mountain" was considered to be the first book written by a white novelist that portrayed African-Americans without stereotype. It received positive reviews from several major publications, but was shunned by segregated bookstores and libraries. There was only one US printing of "Move Over, Mountain." The following year it was published by Hodder and Stoughton of London, England. A story of personal and...

Schmerzen jeglicher Art sind unangenehm. Zumeist aber können Ärzte die Ursache lokalisieren und auch behandeln. Doch was, wenn sich kein Grund finden lässt? Können Schmerzen auch nur Einbildung sein? Und welche Rolle spielen Menschen und Dinge im unmittelbaren Lebensumfeld des Betroffenen? Um Fragen dieser Art geht es in diesem Buch. Die Autoren tragen hier ihre Erfahrungen aus elf Jahren Forschung zusammen. Sie gehen davon aus, das alle Mens...

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Diese Erzählung beschreibt das Arbeiten auf einem Gebrauchtmöbelmarkt, die Arbeiten des Lagerarbeiters, dessen Aufstieg zum Verkäufer, die Liebe zu seiner zukünftigen Frau, seiner Arbeitskameraden und die Machenschaften des Marktleiters und schließlich dessen Untergang